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Atlantic City HS Principal Indicted In Mayor, Superintendent Child Abuse Cover-Up: Prosecutors Atlantic City HS Principal Indicted In Mayor, Superintendent Child Abuse Cover-Up: Prosecutors
Atlantic City HS Principal Indicted In Mayor, Superintendent Child Abuse Cover-Up: Prosecutors Atlantic City High School's principal was indicted after she was accused of covering up parental abuse claims by the daughter of the mayor and school superintendent, authorities said. A grand jury indicted 39-year-old Constance Days-Chapman of Atlantic City on Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. She was previously charged on Thursday, Mar. 28. Investigators said a then-15-year-old told Days-Chapman in December 2023 that she suffered from "continuous headaches" because she was hit by her parents at home. According to prosecutors, Days-Chapman d…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Teacher Seen Assaulting Student In Disturbing Video Charged In Essex County: Cops Teacher Seen Assaulting Student In Disturbing Video Charged In Essex County: Cops
Teacher Seen Assaulting Student In Disturbing Video Charged In Essex County: Cops A West Orange teacher has been arrested for assaulting an 11-year-old student, authorities said. Jaron Spicer, 32, of Bayonne, has been charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and simple assault — a disorderly persons offense — following an incident on April 18, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and West Orange Police Chief James P. Abbott said. Disturbing footage shared by Pix11 shows Spicer, a teacher at Mt. Carmel Guild Academy on Valley Way, throwing the boy to the ground and holding him down with his own body weight. The outlet s…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Disturbing Details Released In Atlantic City Teacher Accused Of Relationship With Student Disturbing Details Released In Atlantic City Teacher Accused Of Relationship With Student
Disturbing Details Released In Atlantic City Teacher Accused Of Relationship With Student Disturbing details have been revealed in the arrest of an Atlantic City high school teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a former student. Joseph A. Scalfaro, 47, of Absecon, allegedly sent the 17-year-old girl coded messages, kissed her in his classroom, NJ Advance Media reports citing court papers. He apparently checked into the Quality Inn in Galloway on March 8, where she joined him, the affidavit of probable cause says. The ten reported the relationship to authorities on Sept. 20. Scalfaro, a social studies teacher at the Atlantic City High Schoo…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes
Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes A retired Toms River Regional school district employee has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for sex crimes against two children, authorities said. William J. Herflicker, III, 57, was sentenced on Monday for crimes committed between 2005 and 2010, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Herflicker was convicted on Jan. 22 after a jury trial, the prosecutor said. Herflicker was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault, Billhimer said. Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski sentenced Herflicker to 15 years in state prison on each count to…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Middlesex Man, 40, Arrested After Fiery Rollover DWI Crash Hurts 2 Adults, 2 Children Middlesex Man, 40, Arrested After Fiery Rollover DWI Crash Hurts 2 Adults, 2 Children
Middlesex Man, 40, Arrested After Fiery Rollover DWI Crash Hurts 2 Adults, 2 Children A 40-year-old driver from South Brunswick has been arrested following a serious DWI rollover crash that sent four people to the hospital, authorities said. A 19-year-old Burlington County man suffered serious burns after his Blazer was rear-ended, rolled over and burst into flames on Saturday night, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and North Brunswick Police Department Director Kenneth P. McCormick said. Christopher L. Mertens, 40, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick was intoxicated and speeding with two children in his 2018 Infiniti Coupe when he collided wi…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: West Orange Man Busted With Child Porn Prosecutor: West Orange Man Busted With Child Porn
Prosecutor: West Orange Man Busted With Child Porn A 62-year-old West Orange man was found with sexually explicit child pornography photos and videos, authorities said. Authorities executed a search warrant at Barry Eagel's house and found the content through file-sharing services, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and West Orange Police Chief James Abbott said. Devices and digital storage media were seized from Eagel's home for forensic examination and analysis, authorities said. Eagel was charged with endangering the welfare of a child for distributing and possessing items depicting the sexual abuse and exploita…

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by Cecilia Levine